TOWNSHEND, Horatio (1630-87) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 16 Dec. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Roger Townshend^‡, bt. (d.1637) of Raynham, Norf. and Mary (1611-69), da. and coh. of Horace Vere^†, Bar. Vere of Tilbury. This biography is based on James Rosenheim, The Townshends of Raynham (1989), chs. 1 (principally) and 2. educ. St John's, Camb. 1644, MA 27 Nov. 1645; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Switzerland) 1646-8. m. (1) October 1649 Mary (1634-73), da. and coh. of Edward Lewkenor of Denham, Suff., s.p.; (2) 27 Nov. 1673 (with £9,575) Rosenheim, Townshends, 66-67; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 599. Mary (d. 17 Dec. 1685), da. of Sir Joseph Ashe^‡, bt, of Twickenham, Mdx. 3s. 1da. d.v.p. HMC Portland, iii. 359; Add. 70012, f. 284. suc. bro. as 3rd bt. bef. 13 July 1648. d. 1 Dec. 1687; will 16 Mar. 1687 -26 Nov., pr. 7 Dec. 1687. TNA, PROB 11/389.

Offices Held

Cllr. of State 17 May – 1 Dec. 1659.

Commr. militia, Norf. 1659, 1660, A and O, ii. 1329, 1439. corporations, Norwich 1662; gov., King's Lynn 1660; dep. lt. Norf. c. 1660 – 61; col. militia horse, Norf. 1660 – 76; ld. lt. Norf. 1661 – 76; v.-adm. Norf. 1663 – 76; high steward, King's Lynn 1664 – 84; alderman, Thetford by 1669 – ?82.

Col. regt. of ft. 1667.

Asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664. Select Charters of Trading Companies (Selden Soc. xxviii), 128.

Parlimentarian

TOWNSHEND, Sir Horatio, 3rd Bt. (1630-87), of Raynham, Norf.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1665, National Museum Wales; oil on canvas, attrib. R. Cole, National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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